Update to a previous sketch

Figure sketch

Rembrandts on black mi teintes (smooth side)

Yet another portrait sketch

Figure sketch - back view

experimenting with a more paintery style instead of my normal linear approach.

Rembrandts on black mi teintes (smooth side)

More playing around

Rembrandt soft pastel on wallis, 4 x 6 inch

Something different

Playing around, Rembrandts on Wallis, 4 x 6 inch

20 minute portrait sketch

charcoal pencil and chalk on toned paper, 9 x 12 inches

Unfinished pastel painting

quick charcoal pencil and chalk sketch

9 x 12 inches

Mini Portrait

Rembrandt on 2.5 x 3.5 inch foam board with colourfix primer

Small study

A small study done with Art Spectrum soft pastels on illustration board coated with a mixture of gesso and pumice.

Early morning sketch

Nupastel on black mi teintes
limited palette of flesh pink, raw and burnt sienna, and iron blue.

Figure sketch

Figure sketch with Rembrandt soft pastel on Ingres paper

Some recent stuff

A quick rough sketch using Art Spectrum soft pastels on a 9 x 12 inch Ingres paper.



A twenty minute sketch, rembrandts on Newsprint



Trying a different approach to painting with pastels, well, different for me anyhow. Read about one of the techniques Greg Biolchini uses a while back and been meaning to try it and now I finally did. After putting down a layer of pastel, I took a wet brush and pushed it around. Did it for every layer except the last two layers. And I have no idea why I did it on such a small support, hard enough on a large one :D

2.5 x 3.5 inch foam board coated with a mixure of gesso, pumice and raw umber acrylic paint.